strength
英 [stre?θ; stre?kθ]
美[str??θ]
- n. 力量；力氣；兵力；長處
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詞態變化
復數:?strengths;
中文詞源
strength 力量，強度，勇氣，意志，優勢
來自 strong,強壯的，有力的，-th,名詞后綴。引申諸相關詞義。
英文詞源
- strength
- strength: [OE] Strength is of course closely related to strong. It was formed in prehistoric Germanic (as *stranggithō) from the ancestor of modern English strong. The verb strengthen was coined from it in the 13th century.
=> string, strong - strength (n.)
- Old English strengtu, strenge "bodily power, force, vigor, firmness, fortitude, manhood, violence, moral resistance," from Proto-Germanic *strangitho (cognates: Old High German strengida "strength"), from PIE *strenk- "tight, narrow" (see string (n.)), with Proto-Germanic abstract noun suffix *-itho (see -th (2)). Compare length/long. From the same root as strong,
雙語例句
- 1. The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.
- 當你從內心深處找到一種可以忍受一切痛苦的堅強力量時，你的成長歷程就會出現飛躍。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
- 2. I didn't know Ron had that much strength of character.
- 我當時不知道羅恩有那么堅強的個性。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Torn muscles retract, and lose strength, structure, and tightness.
- 撕裂的肌肉會收縮，喪失原來的力量、結構和緊實度。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The drop was caused partly by the pound's strength against the dollar.
- 下降的部分原因在于英鎊對美元的升值。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. A decade later, the company has gone from strength to strength.
- 十年后，該公司已經逐漸壯大。
來自柯林斯例句